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Thursday, February 27, 2003
An early start, dreaming of the tokyo in ghostwritten, then waking up and remebering I'm here.
Over to the venue in Roppongi, managed to get lost - Roppongi is a maze and a notorious gai-jin late night drinking area and has more than its fair share of massage parlours and hostess bars. It's loud and lary and there are screens blaring from every corner. The exhibition venue, an old junior school is a haven of peace, just seconds from the subway, with the original playground overlooked on all sides by apatos and offices.
I arrived to find Yuko-san and the team insatlling the photography exhibition. The space has been converted by creating walls and screens out of thick cardboard, it looks really good. You can see the corrogations and they look lovely really finished, smart.
They've built a wall for me and my space looks like a giant slice of a dolls house, japanese room on one side, uk on the other. The english room has pink carpet, table, lacy tablecloth, ballerina, lamp, cushion, roses wall paper and a painting. Yuko-san brought in a flower pic but it looked too japanese so we are opting for the Haywain or something like that.
The Japanese room has tatami rug, tapestry, lamp, antique table, floor cushion and dolls case. I was really pleased when I saw it all looking like the drawing I had made.
Then it was back and day 2 of editing and translation, after 10 hours 4 more films were complete and translated. Naoko-san was the translator this time and did a sterling job. Tomorrow I have Hiroko-san (3 in 3 days!) and it's the final furlong.
If anyone would like to come to the exhibition or artists talk (in tokyo), please email me for more details.
ashta x
posted by Jeanie Thursday, February 27, 2003